System and method for providing asset management information to a customer
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1. A method for providing asset management information to a customer application, said method comprising:
- receiving information from a first reporting source about an asset, wherein said first reporting source is a first device and wherein said information comprises operation and status of said asset;
receiving information from a second reporting source about said asset wherein said second reporting source is a second device disparate from said first device and wherein said information comprises operation and status of said asset;
receiving information from a third reporting source about a second asset wherein said third reporting source is disparate from said first reporting source and said second reporting source;
wherein at least one of said first reporting source, said second reporting source and said third reporting source is not coupled with said asset;
populating a database with said information from said first reporting source and said information from said second reporting source, such that said information from said first reporting source and said information from said second reporting source can be collected from said database;
receiving at a database a customized asset information report query automatically generated by a custom report module of an asset information report generator;
configuring an asset information report in a customized arrangement of asset information specified by said custom report module; and
providing said asset information report from said database to a customer application wherein said asset information report comprises customized information about said asset and wherein said asset information report is formatted into an electronic file type readable by said customer application which is specified in said custom report module.
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A system and method for providing asset management information to a customer is disclosed. The method receives information from a first reporting source about an asset. In addition, information from a second reporting source about an asset is also received. A database is then populated with the information from the first reporting source and the information from the second reporting source such that information from the first reporting source and information from the second reporting source can be collected from the database. An asset information report is then provided to a customer application from the database.
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1. A method for providing asset management information to a customer application, said method comprising:
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receiving information from a first reporting source about an asset, wherein said first reporting source is a first device and wherein said information comprises operation and status of said asset; receiving information from a second reporting source about said asset wherein said second reporting source is a second device disparate from said first device and wherein said information comprises operation and status of said asset; receiving information from a third reporting source about a second asset wherein said third reporting source is disparate from said first reporting source and said second reporting source; wherein at least one of said first reporting source, said second reporting source and said third reporting source is not coupled with said asset; populating a database with said information from said first reporting source and said information from said second reporting source, such that said information from said first reporting source and said information from said second reporting source can be collected from said database; receiving at a database a customized asset information report query automatically generated by a custom report module of an asset information report generator; configuring an asset information report in a customized arrangement of asset information specified by said custom report module; and providing said asset information report from said database to a customer application wherein said asset information report comprises customized information about said asset and wherein said asset information report is formatted into an electronic file type readable by said customer application which is specified in said custom report module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for providing customized asset management information, said method comprising:
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receiving information from a first reporting source about an asset wherein said first reporting source is a first device and wherein said information comprises operation and status of said asset; receiving information from a second reporting source about said asset wherein said second reporting source is a second device disparate from said first device and wherein said information comprises operation and status of said asset; receiving information from a third reporting source about a second asset wherein said third reporting source is disparate from said first reporting source and said second reporting source; wherein at least one of said first reporting source, said second reporting source and said third reporting source is not coupled with said asset; populating a database with said information from said first reporting source and said information from said second reporting source, such that said information from said first reporting source and said information from said second reporting source can be collected from said database; receiving a first customized asset information database query automatically generated by a first custom report module comprising a dynamic link library (DLL) file; and providing an asset information report wherein a reporting source is configured in a customized arrangement of asset information specified by said custom report module in a first format readable by a customer application specified by said first custom report module. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An asset management system comprising:
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a central processing unit; a database configured to be populated with a first portion of information about an asset from a first reporting source, wherein said first reporting source is a first device and wherein said information comprises operation and status of said asset, and a second portion of information about said asset from a second reporting source, wherein said second reporting source is a second device disparate from said first device and wherein said information comprises operation and status of said asset, and third portion of information about a second asset from a third reporting source that is disparate from said first reporting source and said second reporting source, wherein at least one of said first reporting source, said second reporting source and said third reporting source is not coupled with said asset; and an asset information report generator, comprising a first custom report module configured for automatically issuing a first customized asset information query to said database, and wherein said first custom report module specifies a customized arrangement of specified asset information from said database and an electronic file format readable by a customer application, said asset information report generator configured to communicatively couple with said database for generating an asset information report from asset information data provided from said database, wherein said asset information report comprises asset information for at least one asset. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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